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Conservation staff outline year of permitting, restoration and trail work in annual report
Summary
Coordinator Lori Capone summarized the Conservation Department’s year: 24 meetings, 180 hearings, 24 Orders of Conditions, 37 determinations, 27 Certificates of Compliance closed, four enforcement matters, rail-trail completion near opening, reductions in water chestnut, Broadacre Farms trail clearing, a new pollinator meadow initiative, and a 50% drop in deer-harvest for the deer management program.
Conservation Coordinator Lori Capone presented the Conservation Department’s annual report to the Sudbury Conservation Commission, highlighting permitting and stewardship accomplishments over the past year. Capone reported the department held 24 meetings and 180 hearings, issued 24 Orders of Conditions and 37 determinations, closed 27 projects with Certificates of Compliance, and handled four enforcement matters.
Among on-the-ground accomplishments, Capone said rail-trail work was nearly complete after two years, water‑chestnut removal efforts produced a substantial reduction in invasive plants in the Sudbury River and Hop Brook mill ponds, and trails at Broadacre Farms were cleared and new maps and trail guides prepared. The department launched a pollinator‑meadow initiative and improved seed‑rearing methods, aided by a successful seed donation. Agricultural land leases generated funds for land management, and coordinated mowing saved bobolinks at Davis Field. Capone also reported a 50% reduction in deer-harvest in the town deer-management program and noted multiple possible explanations under consideration.
Chair David Henkels and commissioners commended Capone and staff for their work. On motion by Commissioner Ken Holtz, seconded by Commissioner Mark Sevier, the commission accepted the report unanimously.
